OTTAWA, July 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some Canadian pro-family activists have suggested another political strategy in the battle to retain the traditional marriage definition in Canadian law.
On June 9, 1999, Parliament voted 216-55 to affirm “that marriage is and should remain the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others”. This vote was taken with the knowledge that court decisions were headed in the direction of possibly changing the definition of marriage and that the vote would be Parliament’s pre-emptive strike against any such abuse of legislative decision-making by the courts on this issue. It has been suggested therefore, that every MP who voted in favour of that motion be personally contacted by voters and compelled to act consistently with his/her 1999 vote by challenging the current attempt by the courts to change the marriage definition and the government’s wholehearted and arbitrary support for that change. MPs who have changed their mind since 1999 should be challenged to justify their dramatic, public about-face. See the voting record on the 1999 defence of marriage motion at https://www.parl.gc.ca/36/1/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/240_1999-06-08/han240_2255-e.htm#DIV548 To contact any Member of Parliament at Ottawa office see: https://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/house/members/ProvinceList.asp?Language=E&Parl=37&Ses=1&Sect=hoccur To contact the members in their ridings where most are likely to be at this time see: https://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/takeaction/activism101/contactofficials.html Letters, personal visits and telephone calls are suggested to be much more effective than email or fax communications.